Ian Thomsen: Early peek at the 2008-09 season

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Ian Thomsen: Early peek at the 2008-09 season
RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans found this 7/26/2008 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com [flag]
In his Weekly Countdown, Ian Thomsen peeks ahead to '08-09 and reveals that Olympiakos pursued another NBA player before signing Josh Childress. [link]

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Published 7/26/2008 by redsarmy at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
... In the admittedly way too early look at the upcoming season, Ian Thomsen has the Lakers and Celtics as the top seeds in each conference. ...

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Steve the Hokie posted 7/26/2008 from basketball.fanboom.com

Josh Childress just jumped on the first ship out of Atlanta and headed for Greece for a little extra dough and the hope of being a bigger fish in a smaller pond. This has caused many to wonder if this is to be a trend, and if the NBA may lose some of its stars.
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CelticsBlog found this 7/26/2008 on blog.masslive.com

APAtlanta Hawks reserve Josh Childress is the latest NBA player to bolt for Europe. More than in any other NBA offseason, players leaving for Europe has been a big discussion this summer. Top college recruit Brandon Jennings, who would have...
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Rumors Talk: InsideHoops on overseas signings

And One posted 7/26/2008 from www.insidehoops.com

July 26: I don’t think it’s particularly big news that an overseas team offered Mike Finley a contract. Chances are, every player in the NBA who is either an aging veteran or a young guy who isn’t a lock to stay in the league gets multiple overseas offers. It’s just that now, with Bostjan Nachbar [...]
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Hawks Sign Evans

And One posted 7/26/2008 from www.sportspageatlanta.com

He is not Josh Childress, but the Atlanta Hawks might have signed his replacement. The Hawks signed Maurice Evans to a 3-year/$7.5 million. Evans is 6′5″ and has played six seasons in the NBA including last season with the Magic. With Orlando, he played in 68 games while starting 47. He averaged 9.3 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game. His career-high came this past ...
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Will Ben Gordon Get Paid?

And One posted 7/26/2008 from nba.fanhouse.com

In subtle ways, this week could not have gone better for Bulls guard Ben Gordon . The restricted free agent watched a cohort, Josh Childress , bust up the system by taking a filthy offer from a European team . Days later, fellow undersized two-guard Monta Ellis inked a six-year, $66 million contract . Gordon's older than Ellis, and quite a bit more reliant on his jumper, but to see a ...
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